What is the difference between radiology and radiography?

one takes the pics (ex-rays) while the other studies them and decides a diagnosis ..

a radiologist is the doctor/technician who does the work with the machine. the radiograph is the actual image that is made by the machine, whether it be an x-ray film, or on a screen.

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